Night colors in Toronto 多倫多夜色

【Ontario Yours to Discover】  Though the night scene in Toronto is not gorgeous than Hong Kong's "Pearl of the Orient", its light colors along the lakeside in downtown are still attractive. My photo friend, John invited me to take night photos at lakeside Toronto, I was glad to accept his invitation. We had our dinner in a Chinese restaurant in downtown before heading to lakeshore.

I had to thank John for his kindness to treat me a rich dinner and also for giving me a ride for me to take photos on the Lakeshore Highway in the dusk. We finally arrived the parking lot beside the Ontario Place. This was where we had taken night photos before. This time, our shooting target was the CN Tower. For this, I had carried my "cannon", Nikon AF 300mm lens to take the close portrait of the Tower. The working lights of the Tower changed colors and would diminish at 12 midnight. Therefore we spent more than two hours for photography and finished our shots just 5 minutes before the Tower lights went off.


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Photo equipment:
Nikon D300s, GP-1 GPS
Nikon AF 17-55mm f/2.8
Nikon AF 80-200mm f/2.8
Nikon AF 300mm f/2.8
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【 安省景物  由你發掘】  多倫多的夜景雖然比不上「東方之珠」香港的絢爛，但市中心湖濱一帶的燈光色彩仍然吸引。攝友阿章再約我到湖濱拍攝夜景，我欣然接受。我感謝他請我在市中心一間中餐館吃了一頓豐富的晚餐。飯後，我們驅車往湖濱進發。他擔任司機，譲我有機會在湖濱大道高架天橋上拍攝市中心黃昏的街景。我們再到安省遊樂宮旁邊的停車場拍攝。這是我們上次拍攝夜景的地方。今次攝影的主體是加拿大國家廣播塔。我帶備了藝康 300mm 「大砲」 ，拍攝廣播塔的近貌。廣播塔點綴了顏色轉變的活動燈光，到零時十二時便熄滅，我們在燈光熄滅前五分鐘，結束了兩個多小時的夜景攝影。

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1. Lakeshore Ave at 7:20pm
Nikon D300s, 17-55mm f/2.8 @20mm, f/2.8, 1/800s, ISO 1000
晚上七時廿分的湖濱大道

2. I love the silhouettes of the buildings which stand out in the dusk.
Nikon D300s, 17-55mm f/2.8 @48mm, f/4,5, 1/320s, ISO 1000
我喜歡大廈的剪影，在黃昏中顯得特別耀眼。

3.  I asked John to slow down a bit for me to catch this moving Go train along the highway.  An airplane was flying in distance.
Nikon D300s, 17-55mm f/2.8 @50mm, f/4.5, 1/200s, ISO 1000
我請阿章慢駛，好譲我拍下這列高鐵火車在公路旁慢慢爬行的情景。遠處一架飛機正在飛行。

4. Highway traffic flows smoothly whereas the colors of the lamp lights, auto shades and the dusk are changing.
Nikon D300s, 17-55mm f/2.8 @31mm, f/4.5, 1/200s, ISO 1000
順暢的高速公路，燈光、車影、黃昏的色彩起了變化。

5. This night shot presenting a series of beautiful star effect from the street lamps was taken without using any filter!
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @145mm, f/13, 15s, ISO 200 (full manual)
一列街燈產生美妙的星芒圖案，照片並未採用濾鏡拍攝。

6. A radiance of light on top of a building creates a beautiful effect that adds credit to this night shot.
Nikon D300s, 80-200mm f/2.8 @80mm, f/13, 15s, ISO 200 (full manual)
大廈頂上的星芒產生美麗效果，使夜景添花！

7. A close shot of the CN Tower with a 300mm lens.  People inside the Tower's restaurant are barely visible.
Nikon D300s, AF 300mm, f/10, 10s, ISO 200 (full manual)
用300米釐鏡頭近攝加拿大國家廣播塔，餐廳內的客人隠約可見。

8.  The long exposure technique has made this night scene lovely and peculiar.
Nikon D300s, 17-55mm f/2.8 @24mm, f/10, 20s, ISO 200 (full manual)
利用長時曝光技巧拍攝美妙特別的夜景